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National Geographic goes inside the world of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for an unprecedented look at their efforts to prevent illegal immigration and drug smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border.

From the inhospitable desert wilderness to the underground smuggling tunnels, Border Wars follows the chases, rescues and busts, and the agents and officers who use every means available to track illegal entrants in the unending quest to secure the border.

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National Geographic goes beyond the controversy and political wrangling of illegal immigration to see the real-world battles being waged by the men and women responsible for securing our borders. Every day, they intercept an illicit flow of narcotics, money and weapons headed both north and south across the border. The risks have never been higher, with the violence of the Mexican drug wars a stone's throw from U.S. soil and criminals armed with increasingly sophisticated technology challenging the most rigorous countermeasures.

They are the first line of defense on the last frontier, the roughly 400 state troopers who patrol the rugged and unforgiving terrain of Alaska. One of the toughest law enforcement agencies in the nation, these officers often travel hundreds of miles in piercing subzero temperatures, where any person they encounter could be armed.

It is the stuff nightmares are made of: a skydiver loses his parachute and crashes into a high-voltage power line, a speeding car slams into a father holding his four month-old infant, and a giant wave knocks a man off a cliff and into an underwater cave. Although most people who find themselves in these horrific situations do not live to tell their story, there are some who miraculously manage to survive.

More drugs are apprehended along the border towns of South Texas than anywhere else in the United States. Determined to defend the borders, Customs and Border Protection agents and local law enforcement take their jobs seriously. Border Wars isn’t afraid to show the heartbreaking, jaw-dropping, and action-packed side of issues like illegal immigration and smuggling.

Every day thousands of men, women, and children attempt to enter the United States illegallysome looking for work, some seeking a new life, and others trying to smuggle drugs or other contraband. Many will do whatever it takes, often risking their lives by crossing treacherous terrain. Now, follow the officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as they scour the inhospitable landscape at one of the busiest border crossings in the country, seeking to fight terrorism and intercept illegal entrants from the air, on the ground, and at the ports of entry.

As one of the planet's most feared creatures, few people would search out a great white shark, let alone try to catch one. Shark Men features a team of anglers and scientists who go against the grain and actively try to hunt these skilled predators. Their aim: to uncover spectacular secrets about the shark's migratory patterns, breeding and birthing sites.

Locked Up Abroad tells the true stories of unsuspecting travelers embarked on what they thought would be fun-filled vacations only to barely make it home. Combining revealing interviews with dramatic re-enactments, each episode recounts an extraordinary situation and the unfortunate luck and, in some cases, the bad decisions that put the travelers in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Behind bars, there are two sets of rules: prison protocol and convict code. To survive one, you might have to break the other. So begins another day in a brutal world, where respect is hard-won, time is distorted, violence is a constant threat and redemption is an elusive quest.

Returning for a fourth season, National Geographic Channel’s series Drugs Inc. opens viewers eyes with a 360 degrees approach to the drug trade. With intimate firsthand, street-level testimonies from those at the front lines and back alleys of the drug tradetraffickers, dealers, users, federal agents and copsthe investigative series examines the $350 billion-a-year industry from all angles.